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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated November 3rd, 2026 # Reviews of Yoast SEO Ease of use 4.6 Customer Service 4.5 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews LE Lucie E Customer Service ConsultantInsurance, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Yoast SEO is a indispensable plugin, it helps a lot with on-page SEO optimization, sitemaps and JSON Schema.“ February 28, 2025 Vikash M Chief Marketing OfficerMarketing and Advertising, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Pricing, i only use yoast on business sites, cause its too pricy for personal blogs.“ December 22, 2024 LE Lucie E Customer Service ConsultantInsurance, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Optimization tips for each page or article is an important feature that I like and use for on-page SEO optimization.“ February 28, 2025 Angus A DirectorBroadcast Media, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The depth of the features was not as extensive compared to alternatives and also the pricing was not as competitive.“ August 9, 2025 MP Mike P Digital Content ManagerBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “We use Yoast on a daily basis when creating content and copywriting, and it provides at-a-glance suggestions for improvements.“ August 5, 2024 MH Matthew H OwnerConstruction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The only support is email and wait hours for a response then that response lead me to believe that they missunderstood the question. “ October 26, 2023 Roger A OwnersMarketing and Advertising, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Also the free version provides amazing tools to be honest, it helps a lot!“ January 12, 2026 Akshay K Sole ProprietorLegal Services, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “Yoast does not work effectively with Elementor plugin, have no idea whether it is Elementor plugin issue or Yoast .“ January 10, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 132 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use R Reviewer Responsable Administratif Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Yoast SEO reviens " October 23, 2026 4.0 Pros This tool allowed my blog to get indexed on Google after 6 months. It's really awesome, and I really like its interface. Cons The subscription prices are a bit high. I hope the developers can review their pricing strategy. Otherwise, it's a great tool! Review Source R Reviewer Founder and CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Worth checking out" April 27, 2026 5.0 Pros I have used Yoast SEO plugin for my Wordpress blog website and it has been very useful. It provides you with the optimization tips to optimize your blog, pages, and overall website. Worth checking out! Cons Pricing is the side that I like least about Yoast. I wish they were more reasonable with pricing. Other than that, it is a great product to use. Review Source D3 M. Owners Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Helpful SEO plugin for WordPress users" January 13, 2026 5.0 Overall my experience is positive. It helps me keep content optimized and organized for search engines, especially on WordPress websites. Pros I like how it guides you step by step to optimize content for SEO. The traffic light system makes it easy to understand what to improve. Also the free version provides amazing tools to be honest, it helps a lot! Cons Some important features are only available in the paid version. Sometimes the recommendations feel too rigid. Review Source Abbie F. Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Would Recommend" November 27, 2025 5.0 Pros I love it. It's very user friendly and easy for people who do not have much experience or background with SEO. Cons Sometimes it's really finicky to figure out run on sentences and how to get all the post in the green color. Review Source Angus A. Director Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Solid Wordpress SEO Plugin option in 2025 but look around first." August 11, 2025 4.0 We used Yoast with our wordpress site for more than a year. Its always been one of the top options for SEO wordpress plugins and we had tried lower tier options beforehand. Ultimately we found it a very solid option that was edged out by competitors offering more value for money and features at a similar price point Pros The UI is straightforward, its quite a light app and doesn't slow down my wordpress backend like some other seo plugins have. Cons The depth of the features was not as extensive compared to alternatives and also the pricing was not as competitive. Review Source R Reviewer Digital Content Creator Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "SEO help without the stress" May 19, 2025 3.0 Pros Helps with SEO basics, green lights feel good, easy to follow, good for beginners Cons Can be too picky, doesn’t always match real results, nags you a lot, premium features pushed too hard Review Source Elle D. Company owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Really easy and stands its ground." January 10, 2025 4.0 It is probably the easiest SEO plugin for my clients to use. Pros Yoast has always led the charge with intergating SEO services into a Wordpress website Cons There are some features that Yoast charges for that others don't. Review Source R Reviewer Chief Marketing Officer Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "The Best SEO Plugin for Business Sites" December 24, 2024 5.0 Overall Yoast is the best seo tool for wordpress sites, they provide many features and is better than RM, I use Rm too but just because of pricing reasons, yoast is always my first choice for SEO, Even yoast free version is great. Pros They diont have so many features compared to their competetor but they have the quality, every feature they have is just too good, it fulfills all the need of SEO, with Yoast i cancelled some of external tools sub becuase it fulfilled my needs. Cons Pricing, i only use yoast on business sites, cause its too pricy for personal blogs. Review Source Torikul I. WordPress Developer - SEO Expert Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "The best SEO plugin in WordPress that will do On-Page-SEO perfectly" August 13, 2021 5.0 My overall experience is in satisficed level with this software, It helped me a lot from all sides. It made my project much easier and effective. I was successfully able to make happy my clients with the work by using Yoast SEO plugin. Features are great, easy to use, suggests optimizing google ranking factors and that's enough for me. Pros This plugin is almost an all-rounder that can do everything. There are so many amazing features I noticed in this plugin which is very helpful for a website, even it's a very easy to use. For example, website submission is very easy on Google Search Console or in other webmaster tools like Bing / Yandex. Just a few clicks are able to do that process without pasting the tracking file to the public\_html. This plugin shows the page or posts SEO score after adding meta tag, descriptions, keywords, alternative texts on images etc. It also suggests the improvement that the page needs to rank better on search engines. I can edit the htaccess file by using this plugin without going to the cPanel. Another awesome thing is, sitemap creation is super easy with this plugin. Have worked with Yoast SEO so many times to rank webpages on google, I really like this plugin. Cons Yoast SEO not will allow you to check the daily or monthly visitors that the website getting. As well as there is a problem with its indexability system. I saw that some websites get SEO errors detected by the Yoast plugin. But there is no easy direction or solution, they suggest Ryte which is really confusing. I don't feel comfortable working with Ryte. Yoast plugin should remove this matter completely. There is a website indexing problem on Google. It takes a long time to Index a website page that is On-Page-SEO optimized through the Yoast SEO plugin. Review Source Prabhakar U. CMO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Best SEO plugin for WordPress Website" March 2, 2022 5.0 For me, Yoast is the best plugin because it is very easy to use and has all the required features. Pros What I like the most about Yoast is that Yoast is very easy to use as compared to other WordPress plugins. Cons It has less features than other SEO plugins. More features should be added as well. Review Source R Reviewer Customer Service Consultant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Yoast SEO - rank higher" March 5, 2025 4.0 Yoast SEO is a indispensable plugin, it helps a lot with on-page SEO optimization, sitemaps and JSON Schema. The plugin is well build as I never had any compatibility issues with any other plugins and or themes. Pros The setup of the plugin was straightforward and is well documented. Optimization tips for each page or article is an important feature that I like and use for on-page SEO optimization. Cons WooCommerce needs another module bought and install, is not integrated in the original plugin. Review Source Verified Reviewer Blogger Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Yoast SEO is good for beginners but provide limited features in free" February 13, 2023 4.0 This SEO plugin helps me to calculate the overall quality of the page, and I can optimize many things, but free features are limited. Pros It helps me to optimize keywords and give suggestions for optimizing the content on a page based on a target keyword.It analyzes the content on a page and provides suggestions for making it more readable and engaging for users.It generates a sitemap automatically. You can also verify your search console, bing, by adding code on the Yoast plugin.Yoast SEO includes tools for optimizing content for social media sharing.I can optimize or customize my URL structure. And also index or deindex things easily.It provides insights into the overall quality of a page's content, making it easier to identify areas for improvement. This is the main feature. Cons I noted that its suggestions and analysis can be overly prescriptive and that there are limited options for customizing the plugin to fit their specific needs. You can't use it with some other plugins like schema generator.It offers a free version which is limited but good for beginners, but its paid version is expensive in comparison to other SEO plugins. Review Source Eldar P. Media editor and manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Yoast will help you to apply SEO elements in your site" May 15, 2023 4.0 I a good SEO tool for new websites, it let you start working for free with a good value. Pros 1\. Easy to set up and have general automatic SEO settings for every site page.2. Its scan your site pages and give them SEO score and insights, what is good and what you have to fix.3. Can be used to create a site and provide it to Google.4. Can be used to hide some pages from the search engines. Cons 1\. I didn't find the pro version with enough value compared to the free version except for the option to add keywords to your pages, also I know more SEO tools and free plugins that let you do it. Review Source R Reviewer Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Yoast SEO " July 5, 2024 5.0 Yoast is a well made SEO plugin for Wordpress, is well optimized and fast. If you configure it the writght way you will see some great results on your website traffic. Pros I have used Yoast for some time now and I saw growth in the organic traffic. It helps with on-page SEO optimization giving recommendations and tips. The plugin has a nice UI and is easy to use. Cons The need for extra addons for WooCommerce is a con. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A Perfect SEO tool with unbeatable characteristics" July 13, 2021 5.0 On a general note, Yoast SEO is a tremendous tool for everyone starting out with what SEO is. Pros I love the fact that one could integrate Yoast SEO into many writing or blogging platform to ensure you have a perfect work suitable for search engines. The tool also itemizes every single item that one needs to resolve for a perfect SEO. Cons Perhaps, the downside will be that the options in the premium version is too hugely missed in the free version and could be discouraging at times. Review Source Verified Reviewer Web Designer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Awesome but pricey. Good things comes with a price, right?" July 25, 2022 4.0 Really a fantastic tool, but not the most affordable piece of software. Pros The powerful on-page SEO tool is by far one of the best on the market. Just on par with Rankmath. Cons The price. The pricing is way too expensive as compared to several other tools available on the market. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer E-commerce manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "One of the best wordpress SEO plugins" July 22, 2022 5.0 Pros Al most all functionalities are free. Very useful features to optimize your blog Cons It offer too much option, so you will need to learn how to use it Review Source R Reviewer Management Trainee Officer Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Overall Best and Professional WordPress SEO Plugin" May 11, 2021 5.0 I can see a very big improvement of the users on my websites after using this plugin. I have edited all the previous pages content according to the Yoast SEO recommendations, and now I always add proper SEO options in my posts, pages and products. Pros Yoast SEO is the best and amazing WordPress plugin, there are a lot of SEO features you can apply after the installation and activation of this plugin in your Website. If you want to see high rankings for your website content in the search engine then always use Yoast SEO. Because It will allow you to add title, description and other SEO features according to the search engines requirements. Cons Sometimes the improvement of the posts and pages readability is quite difficult for the beginners, but according to my experience, after using the plugin for few days anyone can also do this. So all other features are amazing and nice. Review Source Rosie H. Owner/Operator Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Yoast was my go to" April 19, 2022 4.0 Overall it was better than nothing, and honestly had it not been for other new to the market plugins that were better, I would most likely be still using it. Yoast was for my company a great option for getting clients to look into their organic website traffic. Pros When I used yoast, it was about the only recommended SEO plugin on the market. It did the job but it was very limited on the free version and was constantly prompting you to get the paid version. I have to say that it did its job and helped with some of the SEO needed to get a site in better shape than having no tools at all. Cons The biggest negative was how "heavy" it was considering it was not the full version of the plugin. It also left out some really vital components of basic SEO, which was justified by the fact that we were using the free version. Review Source Verified Reviewer SEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Very Useful " March 7, 2022 5.0 I really enjoy the product, will continue to use it and recommend it. Pros I love how it scans the page and gives you feedback on its quality for ranking and how it allows you to create meta titles and descriptions for each page. Great for SEO! Cons I do wish it offered more in-depth schema markup capabilities. Review Source Verified Reviewer Marketing Executive Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Perfect basics for page and blog optimising" April 15, 2024 4.0 Pros The yoast wordpress plugin is super easy to learn seo basics from and means you never forget to optimise basic content and pages. Cons Linking it with other seo tools or ad tools like google ads would help link up the Impact even more Review Source R Reviewer Freelance Writer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Yoast SEO is the Best SEO Tool for Writing Amazing Website Content" June 15, 2021 5.0 I love it, no words can actually describe my actual experience with Yoast SEO. Pros I have used several SEO tools but I have never come across one that is as effective as Yoast SEO. This WordPress plugin is just awesome. I don't think, I have the right words, to describe it as is. Yoast SEO has software that scans your content, identifies errors, and makes suggestions to help you optimize your content fully to rank higher on Google. Effective use of Yoast and complying with the suggestions given can make your site rank on the first page of search results within less than 6 months. They also have a free subscription to help start-up businesses to grow. It is also simple to use. Cons Absolutely nothing. Everything is okay. However Review Source R Reviewer IT Technician Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Yoast SEO for SEO" May 28, 2024 4.0 Overall, Yoast SEO is a good plugin to manage and increase search engine optimization for every WordPress website. It really does the job when it comes to rank higher on search engines. Pros Yoast SEO is easy to deploy and setup. The plugin is light and doesn't interfere with the website performance. Increase SEO parameters for each page is easy and the steps received from it are easy to follow. Cons You need other addons for WooCommerce, local, news and video. Review Source Amit D. Marketing Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Beginner friendly but expensive SEO plugin" May 12, 2022 4.0 Yoast has been a trusted SEO plug-in for me. I would definitely recommend this plugin to anyone who is trying to optimize their WordPress website. Pros I started using this to help with SEO on my WordPress website. It helped me with choosing the right keywords and rank well .It's really quite intuitive and simple to use. It's helped me a lot in optimizing the website, especially the meta data. It helps me to ensure that my SEO is on point and that my pages are well optimized for search engines. Cons It is a little bit expensive. It should have some cheaper options for individual site owners. Review Source Md Sazzad M. Sr. Officer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Popular All-in-one SEO Plugin" February 8, 2022 5.0 My overall experience with Yoast SEO has been a positive one. The plugin is easy to use. By using this plugin, you can make sure your blog is optimized for search engines. This will give your blog more exposure and more readers. Pros Yoast SEO plugin allows you to optimize your website for search engines, social media, and content promotion. It has a wide range of features that make it a go-to tool for any website owner. This plugin also includes a free WordPress SEO audit that provides you with valuable insights into your site's SEO performance. It provides all the tools necessary to optimize your content, whether you are writing a blog post or creating an e-commerce website. Cons This plugin has is that it can be overoptimized due to its default settings which can make your site look spammy to search engines like Google and Bing in some cases. 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